Linda Masters: Step up and help BSTFA on Sunday

If you've ever enjoyed a show at Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts or in the theater building when it was Donna and the Frontiersmen or Chisai's Frontier Theater, please consider attending a special benefit at 2 p.m. Sunday. Former owner Chisai Childs is bringing a lineup of Branson stars to help raise money to replace the heating and air conditioning units. The theater is approximately 30 years old, and the heating and air-conditioning system is the original that was installed when the building was built. Estimated cost of the upgrade is $30,000, so Chisai has arranged her "Mystery Guests and Musical Show" to kick off a fundraising effort. There are no tickets and no reserved seats. Admission is a donation to the heating and air-conditioning replacement fund. Please attend, and please be generous.

Bull Shoals Food Pantry is in desperate -as in the shelves are bare - need of any type of pasta, pasta sauces and canned tomato products. The pantry served more than 40 families last week, and these items go off the shelves faster than they can be replaced. If you have a few extra dollars, why not help someone who is hungry? Donations may be dropped off at the pantry 9 -11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays or dropped off at any Bull Shoals church.